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W. J. LANE, OF WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HI J. G. LANE, OF SAME'PLACE Letters Patent N;{73,347, dated January 14, 1868.

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TO'ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN Be it known that I, W. J. LANE, of Washington, in the count invented a new and useful Improvement in Coii'ee-Mills clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable o ence being had to the accompanying drawing,

y of Dutchess, and State of New York, have and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, thers skilled in the art to make and use the s and to the letters of reference marked thereon. This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in that class of coffee-mills which are'tted in the upper part cfa box provided with a drawer, and arranged like an ordinary handi The invention consists in the appli ation of a iiannr a. downward direction to the ground coiee, from the mill, a. contingency attended with considerable annoyance, as the ground coffee finds its way between the. sides Yof the drawer and box; and every time theidra-wer is withdrawn from the box, the latter requires to be cleaned thoroughly, in order to avoid waste,.a.nd to admit of' the ready'insertion of the drawer.

The accompanying drawing represents a sectional elevation of a mill-provid 'ded with a drawer, B; and C is the hopper of the mill; D, the external shell or cone, in which the conical grinder E is fitted, and rota-ted by a crank, lF. The lower end of a, which extends down below the y ame, refer-` ed with my improvement.

attached to the under side of the'top piece of box A.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim as ne The external shell'or cone, D, of a coffee-mill of th a, surrounding the conical grinderE, for the purpose o preventing it from being scattered about in the mill w, and desire to secure by Letters Patente class described, when provided with the pendent flange f giving a downward direction to the ground coffee, and4 as herein shown and described i l l W, J. LANE, Witnesses:

L. YOUNG,

HIRAM UNDERHILL, 

